I have a few 4400/7220s as well as a StarMax 3000. I want to be able to use one of them to burn CDs. I have an ATAPI CD-RW drive in a currently dead G4 Gigabit. My other option is a 6500 I have but that is a bit more fiddly to swap out the optical drive. Can any of these be used to burn CDs?
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Can a PM4400 burn CDs?
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Phipli
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The optical drive in the 6500 is SCSI. I'm not familiar with the others to say if it is the same situation - worth checking if the existing drives are SCSI. Macs didn't generally support two devices on an IDE bus until the rev B ROM beige G3, which had two busses anyhow.
More generally, almost any mac will burn a CD, but you need to find a compatible CD Writer. Mine are all SCSI, and most work even on my 68030 machines, if I keep the speed nice and slow.
More generally, almost any mac will burn a CD, but you need to find a compatible CD Writer. Mine are all SCSI, and most work even on my 68030 machines, if I keep the speed nice and slow.
jessenator
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If the burning software supports the CD-RW model itself, then yes. That's the real kicker: can you get software that works on the OS you want to run that also supports the drive.
Most of the pre-G3 PPCs support up to 9.1 IIRC
phipli The 4400/Tanzania/LPX-40 based machines are all ATAPI/IDE and have provision for two devices: an HDD and optical. I've never gotten SCSI optical to work, but then again, i've had more IDE devices on hand to test.
Most of the pre-G3 PPCs support up to 9.1 IIRC
phipli The 4400/Tanzania/LPX-40 based machines are all ATAPI/IDE and have provision for two devices: an HDD and optical. I've never gotten SCSI optical to work, but then again, i've had more IDE devices on hand to test.
